Rather than rebuild Sega Master System classic Wonder Boy III: The Dragon’s Trap from the ground up, developer Lizardcube just painted over the original game with modern graphics, music and sound effects. We need more remakes like this.

Whether you love or hate the idea of HD remakes of classic titles, it’s fascinating reading up on just how much work—and deliberation—there is involved in scrapping a game’s entire visual canvas and starting over.

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire are due out in November, but what day in November? That would be November 21., giving players plenty of time to play the remakes over the Thanksgiving break. Thoughtful, that Nintendo. Want some footage?

Commenter Brixish points out that with the enhanced graphical power of the Wii U console, we could very well be in for a flood of HD remakes of classic Game Cube and Wii titles. Tell us what you'd like to see made shinier in today's Speak Up on Kotaku.

The downloadable HD remakes of Resident Evil 4 and Code: Veronica X look even better once you know that they're coming to Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network in North America and Europe in September for 20 bucks a pop.

The latest Interplay game to make the leap to Nintendo's WiiWare service is MDK2, BioWare's shooter from the year 2000, joining other WiiWare-bound re-releases like Clayfighter and Descent. But that's not all Interplay and developer Beamdog have in store.

It is no secret that Stardock are big fans of Star Control - Galactic Civilizations certainly owes something to Star Control II, as does the Stardock-published Sins of a Solar Empire. No great surprise then that Stardock has announced that it is actively pursuing the keys to the Star Control kingdom with a view to…

That PC remake of Metroid 2 that so impressed Luke back in March has reached the demo stage! The tech demo for the appropriately named Another Metroid 2 Remake has been released as Metroid: Confrontation. The trailer above should give you an idea of how development has been going. In short, if you like Metroid and…

Get me Valve on the phone. Tell Lombardi that the Portal prequel dev team can go home - their services are no longer required. And yes, that Portal fan mod can sling its hook too. The Commodore 64 remake 'Shotgate' has rendered both games utterly pointless. Yes, it's a Portal clone for the C64. No, it's not in 3D and…

It's time for Good News/Bad News. Good News: Rare's senior animator, Elissa Miller, says that the company has no plans to revisit any more of its classic titles at the moment. "We've always got to have a reason to revive a franchise, we don't do games just for the sake of them," said Milller, speaking to 360 Gamer.…

Remember Alien Breed? It was an Amiga classic, later rolling up on the (DOS) PC. If you are unfamiliar, think Gauntlet, with a heavy dose of Aliens - space Marines battling wave after wave of slavering death, the usual deal. Well, remember it or no - it's coming back. Team 17 have confirmed to Videogaming247 that they…

The Retro Remakes competition has returned for 2008, this time with a charitable twist. As well as five categories for different types of remake or tribute retro game (see here for the full list), this year's competition features a special 'Game For Helen' category that challenges coders to create a retro videogame…